Simrad SX90 Reference manual

Reference manual

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Simrad SX90

Fish nding sonar

SimradSX90

Referencemanual

Thismanualprovidesyouwithreferenceinformation requiredtooperateandfullyunderstandthecommands, menus,operationalmodesandoptionsprovidedbythe SimradSX90Fishndingsonar.Foruserinformationin brief,refertotheSimradSX90Operatormanual.

WARNING:TheSimradSX90sonarmustneverbe poweredupwhentheshipisindrydock.Thetransducer willbedamagedifittransmitsinopenair .T oprevent inadvertentuseofthesonar ,pulloutthemainsplugon theProcessorUnitwheneverthevesselisindrydock.

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Rev.A25May2007

Rev.B

19October2007

SW1.4.0.Firstversionofmanual.

SW1.6.0.Newoperationalprocedurescreated.Misprints corrected.Nonewfunctionalityimplementedonthesonar.

SW1.6.4.New“NoiseFilter”addedtotheHorizontalmenu.

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10April2008

Smallchangestothecolourpresentations.Operationalstability improved.

Rev.D

22January2009

SW1.6.5.Audiooutputfunctionalityimplemented.

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Tableofcontents

ABOUTTHISMANUAL.......................................................9

SIMRADSX90FISHFINDINGSONAR..............................10

Importantmatters...................................................................................................10

Basicinformation...................................................................................................11

Mainunits...............................................................................................................11

Wheelhouseunits........................................................................................12

Sonarroomunits.........................................................................................13

Systemdiagram......................................................................................................14

Basicfunctionality..................................................................................................14

Omnibeam.................................................................................................15

Multiplefrequencyoperation.......................................................................17

Stabilisationsystem....................................................................................17

Reception...................................................................................................18

Transmission..............................................................................................19

Optionalfunctionality.............................................................................................19

Scienticoutput..........................................................................................20

Extendedrange...........................................................................................20

Peripheralequipment..............................................................................................21

GETTINGSTARTED..........................................................22

Poweron/offprocedures.........................................................................................22

Howtoperformbasicoperations...........................................................................24

Echopresentationandmenu........................................................................24

Temporarymenu.........................................................................................25

Themenustructure.....................................................................................26

Controlthecursor.......................................................................................27

Menubuttons..............................................................................................27

Changingaparametervalue.........................................................................27

Visualaids..............................................................................................................29

Commoninformationonthedisplay............................................................29

Movingtheboundarylines..........................................................................29

Cosmetics...............................................................................................................30

On-linehelp............................................................................................................32

OPERATIONALPROCEDURES..........................................34

Poweron/offprocedures.........................................................................................34

Menuprocedures....................................................................................................36

Howtohidethemenu.................................................................................36

Howtosimplifythemenu...........................................................................37

Gainadjustmentprocedures...................................................................................37

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Howtoadjustthegain.................................................................................37

HowtoadjusttheAGC...............................................................................38

HowtoadjusttheRCG...............................................................................38

HowtoadjusttheTVG...............................................................................39

Howtoadjustthedisplaygain.....................................................................39

Modeprocedures....................................................................................................39

Howtoselectoperationalmode...................................................................40

HowtodenethefunctionoftheModebuttons............................................40

Howtosorttheoperationalmodes...............................................................40

Markersandsymbolsprocedures...........................................................................41

Howtoaddtargetandcirclemarkers...........................................................41

Howtoaddanownshipsymbol..................................................................42

Howtoaddagearsymbol...........................................................................42

Howtoinvestigatemarkerandsymbolinformation.......................................44

Howtodeleteamarkerorsymbol................................................................44

Storageprocedures.................................................................................................45

Howtostoresonarimages...........................................................................45

Howtorecallsonarimages..........................................................................46

Howtokeepsonarimages...........................................................................47

Howtodeletesonarimages.........................................................................47

Howtorenamesonarimages.......................................................................48

Howtoprintsonarimages...........................................................................48

HowtoburnsonarimagesonaCD..............................................................49

HowtocopysonarimagestoaUSBmemorystick.......................................49

Automaticsearchandtrackingprocedures............................................................50

Howtostartthehorizontalsearchprogram...................................................50

Howtostarttheverticalsearchprogram.......................................................51

Howtoenablepositiontrack.......................................................................51

Howtoenabletargettrack...........................................................................52

Howtoaddatargettrackingline..................................................................53

Usersettingprocedures..........................................................................................53

Howtosavethecurrentusersetting.............................................................53

Howtoloadausersetting...........................................................................54

Howtorenameausersetting.......................................................................54

Howtodeleteausersetting.........................................................................55

Howtoloadthefactorysettings...................................................................55

Installationofoptions.............................................................................................56

DISPLAYMODES.............................................................58

Choosingadisplaymode.......................................................................................58

Bowup...................................................................................................................60

Bowup/Audio........................................................................................................61

Bowup/V ertical......................................................................................................62

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Bowup/DualV ertical.............................................................................................63

Bowup/180°V ertical.............................................................................................64

Truemotion............................................................................................................65

Truemotion/V ertical...............................................................................................66

Northup..................................................................................................................67

Dual1.....................................................................................................................68

Dual2.....................................................................................................................69

270°/Vertical...........................................................................................................70

OPERATINGPANEL.........................................................71

’Mainswitch’eld.................................................................................................72

’Symbol’eld.........................................................................................................73

’Mode’eld............................................................................................................75

’Gain’eld.............................................................................................................75

’Range’eld...........................................................................................................76

’Cursor’eld..........................................................................................................76

’Train’eld.............................................................................................................77

’Tilt’eld................................................................................................................79

’Various’eld.........................................................................................................80

MENUDESCRIPTIONS.....................................................82

Aboutthemenus.....................................................................................................82

Activemenus..........................................................................................................83

Horizontalmenu.........................................................................................83

Verticalmenu.............................................................................................85

Vertical180menu.......................................................................................86

Displaymenu.............................................................................................88

Setupmenu................................................................................................89

Objectsmenu..............................................................................................91

Temporarymenus...................................................................................................92

Cosmeticsmenu.........................................................................................93

Store/Recallmenu.......................................................................................94

SystemTestmenu.......................................................................................95

SortModesmenu........................................................................................97

Pop-upmenus.........................................................................................................97

Viewpop-upmenu......................................................................................97

CatchViewpop-upmenu............................................................................98

Objectpop-upmenu....................................................................................99

Viewmenus..........................................................................................................100

GeoViewmenu.........................................................................................101

VerticalViewmenu....................................................................................102

CatchViewmenu......................................................................................103

Messages..............................................................................................................103

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Warningsmenu.........................................................................................104

OperatorAlarmsmenu..............................................................................105

SystemAlarmsmenu................................................................................106

Errorsmenu..............................................................................................107

PARAMETERS................................................................108

Abouttheparameterdialogs.................................................................................109

Alphabeticallistofparameters.............................................................................110

Parameterdescriptions.........................................................................................111

About........................................................................................................111

AGC.........................................................................................................112

AudioV olume...........................................................................................113

Beam........................................................................................................114

Bearing(Display)......................................................................................115

Bearing(Horizontal)..................................................................................116

Bearing(V ertical)......................................................................................117

ColourThreshold.......................................................................................118

Colours.....................................................................................................119

DataSource..............................................................................................120

Dateandtimeproperties............................................................................121

DeadReckoning.......................................................................................122

DefaultSetting.........................................................................................123

DirectionIndicator....................................................................................124

DisplayGain............................................................................................125

EditGear(Purse)......................................................................................126

EditGear(Trawl)......................................................................................127

EditSchool...............................................................................................128

ExternalSynchronisation...........................................................................129

FishAlarm...............................................................................................130

Frequency................................................................................................131

Gain.........................................................................................................132

Gear.........................................................................................................133

Heading...................................................................................................134

InspectObject...........................................................................................135

Language.................................................................................................136

Menu.......................................................................................................137

MessageBar.............................................................................................138

MiddlePos...............................................................................................139

Mode.......................................................................................................140

ModeButtons...........................................................................................141

Movements..............................................................................................142

NoiseFilter..............................................................................................143

Palette......................................................................................................144

PanelBacklight........................................................................................145

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PPFilter...................................................................................................146

PulseForm...............................................................................................147

Range......................................................................................................149

Range(CatchView)...................................................................................150

RCG........................................................................................................151

Recall......................................................................................................152

RecallMode.............................................................................................153

Ruler........................................................................................................154

Scale........................................................................................................155

SchoolData..............................................................................................156

ScienticOutput.......................................................................................157

SearchSector............................................................................................158

SearchStep..............................................................................................159

Sector......................................................................................................160

SlantRange..............................................................................................161

Speed.......................................................................................................162

Stabilizer..................................................................................................163

Status.......................................................................................................164

Store........................................................................................................165

StoreMode...............................................................................................166

TargetTrack.............................................................................................167

Tilt...........................................................................................................168

Tip...........................................................................................................169

TrackHistory...........................................................................................170

TrackWindow..........................................................................................171

Transducer...............................................................................................172

TRUOn/Off.............................................................................................173

TrueRange...............................................................................................175

TVG........................................................................................................176

TXPower.................................................................................................177

Units........................................................................................................178

UserSetting..............................................................................................179

WindDirection.........................................................................................180

Zoom.......................................................................................................181

ZoomScale..............................................................................................182

BASICTHEORY..............................................................183

Settings.................................................................................................................183

WhatisTVG?..........................................................................................183

WhatisAGC?..........................................................................................184

WhatisthePPFilter?................................................................................184

Aboutpulseformandlength......................................................................184

Aboutbeamwidths...................................................................................185

AboutGain...............................................................................................185

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WhatisRCG?..........................................................................................186

Aboutsearchsectors.................................................................................186

Abouttilt..................................................................................................187

Noiseandreverberation........................................................................................187

Cavitation.................................................................................................188

Reverberation...........................................................................................188

Blocking..................................................................................................189

Checkthenoiseyourself!..........................................................................189

Layersanddeections..........................................................................................190

Temperatureandsalinitylayers..................................................................190

Deections...............................................................................................190

ON-BOARDMAINTENANCE............................................192

Preventivemaintenanceschedule.........................................................................192

Wheelhouseunitsmaintenance............................................................................193

Colourdisplay..........................................................................................193

MC80ProcessorUnit................................................................................194

BeamformerUnit......................................................................................195

InterfaceUnit...........................................................................................195

OperatingPanel........................................................................................195

TransceiverUnitmaintenance..............................................................................195

Ambienttemperatureandhumidity............................................................195

TransceiverUnitcleaning..........................................................................195

Fuses.......................................................................................................196

HullUnitmaintenance..........................................................................................196

Hullunitfamiliarization............................................................................197

MotorControlUnitfamiliarization.............................................................198

Fuses.......................................................................................................198

Hoistingandloweringfromthesonarroom................................................199

Motoroverloadswitch..............................................................................203

Dockingthevessel....................................................................................203

Cleaningthetransducer.............................................................................205

Airbleeding.............................................................................................207

Hullunitlubrication..................................................................................208

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ABOUTTHISMANUAL

Aboutthismanual

Purpose

Thepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovidethe descriptions,proceduresanddetailedparameterexplanations requiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheSimradSX90 Fishndingsonarsystem,aswellasathoroughunderstanding ofthesystemparametersandadjustments.Athorough understandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsisnecessaryto optimizeoverallperformance.Sonarconditionsvary,sometimes drastically,anditisnotpossibletoidentifysettingsthatwill providethebestdataatalltimes.Carefulstudyoftheinformation inthismanualishighlyrecommended,preferablywhileexploring thesonar’svariousfunctions.Systemoperationisadynamic activityrequiringregularadjustmentsandnetuningtoachieve thebestpossibleresultsundervaryingenvironmentalconditions.

Softwareversion

Thismanualcompliestosoftwareversion1.6.5

Note

WindowsNT,Windows2000,WindowsXP ,WindowsVista andWindowsareeitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarks ofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/orother countries.

References

Refertothefollowingmanualsforadditionalinformation abouttheSimradSX90sonarsystem.Ordernumbersin brackets.Alldocumentscanbedownloadedfromourwebsite

t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

•SimradSX90InstallationManual,English[307531]

•SimradSX90OperatorManual,English[307672]

•SimradSX90OperatorManual,Norwegian[315143]

•SimradSX90ReferenceManual,English[307670]

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SIMRADSX90FISHFINDINGSONAR

StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradSX90 Fishndingsonarsystem.

Topics

•Importantmattersonpage10

•Basicinformationonpage11

•Mainunitsonpage11

•Systemdiagramonpage14

•Basicfunctionalityonpage14

•Optionalfunctionalityonpage19

•Peripheralequipmentonpage21

Importantmatters

Aswithalladvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportant mattersabouttheSX90thatyoumustremember.

Beforeyouswitchonthesonar

Whenyoupowerupthesonar,thetransducerislowereddown belowthevessel’shull.Makesurethatyouhavesufcientwater depthbeforeyoudothis!

Whenthesonarisnotinuse

Toprotectthesonarwhenitisnotinuse,westronglyadviceyou tohoistthetransducer,eventhoughyoumaynotswitchoffthe power.Innarroworshallowwatersthisisveryimportant,since youmay-inworstcase-runthetransducerintothebottom. Thiswilldamagethetransducerandthetransducershaft,and extensiverepairisrequired.

Whenyoudockthevessel

Itisveryimportantthatthesonarsystemremainss whenthevesselisindrydock.Ifthetransducerissubjected totransmitpowerwhenitisinopenair,itwillbedamaged. Asasafeguardingmeasure,youcanremovethepowerfuses onthesonarsystembeforethevesselisdocked.Asanextra safeguardingmeasure,thesonarisbydefaultpoweredupwith thetransmitpowerswitchedoff.

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Ifsomethingbreaksdown

Ifyouthinkthatsomethinghasbeendamagedonthesonar, contactyourlocaldealerforadvice.

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Basicinformation

TheSimradSX90Fishndingsonarisalongrange omnidirectionallowfrequencysonar.Itisdesignedformedium andlargesizedshingvessels,preferablyforpurseseiners,butit isalsowellsuitablefortrawlers.Thesonarallowsyoutochoose anoperationalfrequencybetween20to30kHz(in1kHzsteps), andthebeamcanbeelectronicallytiltedfrom+10to–60degrees.

Greatemphasishasbeenplacedongivingthebestpossible presentationsonahighresolutioncolourdisplay.TheProcessor UnitiscontrolledbyMicrosoft’sWindowsXP®operating system,whichresultinaexiblechoiceofdisplaymodesfora largerangeofuserapplications.

Thesignalprocessingandbeamformingisperformedinafast digitalsignalprocessingsystemusingthefulldynamicrange ofthesignals.Inadditiontothetraditionalsinglefrequency transceiversystem,theSimradSX90Fishndingsonarcontains anadvancedfrequencymodulatedltersystem(FM).

Thecylindricalmulti-elementtransducerallowsthe omnidirectionalsonarbeamtobetiltedelectronicallydownto

-60degrees.Thisallowsyoutoautomaticallytrackschoolsof sh,andtoobservethewholewatervolumearoundthevessel. Astabilisingsystemisincludedforelectronicpitchandroll compensation.

Mainunits

TheSimradSX90Fishndingsonarconsistsofthefollowing units:

•Normallyinstalledinthewheelhouse:

–Displaymonitor

–OperatingPanel

–ProcessorUnit

–BeamformerUnit

–InterfaceUnit

–Amplierandloudspeakers(option)

•Normallyinstalledinthesonarroom:

–TransceiverUnit

–HullUnit

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Wheelhouseunits

DisplayMonitor

TheDisplayMonitorisahigh-resolutioncolourLCD(Liquid CrystalDisplay).Inadditiontothesonarpicture,themonitorcan alsodisplaytheusermenufortheinteractiveoperation.Inorder toeasethesituationcomprehension,certaincolourshavebeen chosentobetterthedistinctionbetweenthevariouselementsin thescene.

OperatingPanel

TheOperatingPanelcontainsallnecessarycontrolfunctions foroperatingthesonar.Thecontrolsarearrangedinfunction groups,whichgivesaclearandeasyoperation.Notethatall sonaroperationalsomaybemadefromthetrackball,orfroman optionalstandardmouse.

ProcessorUnit

TheProcessorUnitisamarinecomputer,whichrunsthe MicrosoftWindowsXP®operatingsystem.Thesoftwareand hardwarehasbeenmodiedbySimradtosuittheSX90sonar requirements.Thepurposeofthiscomputeristoallowyou tocontrolthesonar.Itprovidesthegraphicpresentationof thesonarmodesandtheimagescreated,itholdsthemenu system,itcommunicateswiththeOperatingPanel,andreads informationfromperipheralunitsbymeansoftheInterfaceUnit. Thecomputerholdsaread/writeCDunittobeusedforfuture softwareupgrades.

BeamformerUnit

TheBeamformerUnitisamarinecomputer,whichrunsthe MicrosoftWindowsXP®operatingsystem.Thesoftwareand hardwarehasbeenmodiedbySimradtosuittheSX90sonar requirements.Thepurposeofthiscomputeristoperformthe advancedsignalprocessingrequiredtopresenttheinformation ontheProcessorUnit.Thecomputerholdsaread/writeCDunit tobeusedforfuturesoftwareupgrades.TheBeamformerUnit communicateswiththeTransceiverUnitinthesonarroomusing asingleethernetcable.

InterfaceUnit

TheInterfaceUnitprovidesinterfaceforallauxiliaryequipment; log,gyro,GPS,echosounder,trawlsystems,purseseinesystems etc.

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Amplierandloudspeakers

Anamplierwithoneortwoloudspeakersmaybeconnectedto theBeamformerUnittoprovidetheaudiooutput.Theseoptional itemsaren

o t providedwiththesonardelivery.

Sonarroomunits

TransceiverUnit

TheTransceiverUnitislocatedinthesonarroom,closeto theHullUnit.OneEthernetcableisusedforcommunication withtheBeamformerUnitinthewheelhouse.Thetransceiver performsthetransmissionandreceptioncontrolofthe256 transmittersand256receiverchannels,whicharelocatedonthe eightidenticaltransceiverboards.

HullUnit

ThestandardSX92HullUnitisdesignedtobelowered1.2meters belowtheship’shull,whileanoptionalhullunitwilllowerthe transducerto1,6metersbelowthehull.Thetransducercanalso beloweredtoanyselectedmiddleposition.Notethatincaseof voltagefailure,theHullUnitcanbemanuallyraisedorlowered bymeansofahandcrank.

Transducerarray

ThecylindricalTransducerarrayallowsthesonarbeamtogive full360degreescoverageofthewatervolumedownto-60 degrees.Thesensorfortheelectronicstabilizationofthesonar beamsishousedintheMotorControlUnit,whichismounted ontheHullUnit.

WARNING

Ifthetransducerhitslargerobjectsorbottom, thetransducershaftmaybebent,orinworstcase itcanbebrokenoff.Abrokentransducershaft willcausewaterleakageinthetopoftheshaft. Topreventlargerleakagesinsuchacase,donot raisethetransducershafttotheupperposition. Topreventseriousdamagesitisthereforeofgreat importancetohaveagoodpumpandwarning systeminthesonarroom.

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Systemdiagram

Figure1SX90Systemdiagram

SX90Items

AProcessorUnit

BBeamformerUnit

CColourdisplay

DOperatingPanel

EInterfaceUnit

FTransceiverUnit

GMotorControlUnit

HHullUnit

ITransducer

Basicfunctionality

ThebasicprinciplesoftheSimradSX90Fishndingsonarare uniquebecauseofthe256separatetransmitterandreceiver channelswiththeirtransducerelementsspreadaroundonthe cylindricaltransducerarray.

Thetransmission,receptionanddataprocessingareunder computercontrol,andthepowerfulcapabilitiesofthesonarare theresultsofsophisticateddigitalsignalprocessingsoftware andstateofthearthardware.

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Omnibeam

WhentheOmnibeamistilted,thetotalbeampicturecanbe comparedwithfoldinganumbrella,whichmeansthatallbeams in360degreesaroundthevesselhavethesametiltangle.

Figure2Omnibeamprinciple

Thebeamcanbetiltedfrom+10upto-60degreesdown.

Inadditiontoseeingthetargetfromabove,itisalsopossible toseethetargetfromtheside,byusingtheverticalslice presentation.Inthiscasethebeamcoversacontinuousvertical beamfrom0to-60degreesinonetransmission.

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Figure360degreesverticalslice

Thisverticalslice,whichispresentedbythewhiteaudioline inthehorizontalpicture,canbeselectedtoanybearingbythe manualtrainingcontrol.ThecombinationoftheOmnimode andtheverticalslicewillgiveanoptimalvisualizationofthe catchsituation.

Figure4Omni/verticalcombination

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InadditiontotheOmnipicture,theverticalsliceisespecially usefulforvisualizingtheverticaldistributionofaschoolof sh.Inthatway ,itisnotnecessarytogooverthetargettosee thedistributionontheechosounder,whichoftenresultsina spreadingoftheschool.

Multiplefrequencyoperation

Inadditiontothestandard26kHzfrequency,youcanselectany operationalfrequencyfrom20to30kHzin1kHzsteps.

Thisisaveryusefulfunctionwhenitisnecessarytosuppress interferencefromothersonars.

Stabilisationsystem

TheSimradSX90Fishndingsonarisprovidedwitha stabilisationsystem.

Whenthebeamstabilizerisactivated,bothhorizontaland verticalbeamswillbestabilizedelectronicallyforrollandpitch movementsupto±20degrees.Thebeamdirectionwillthen changecontinuouslyaccordingtothevessel’smovements,and secureanoptimalcontactwiththetargetseveninroughseas.

Figure5Stabilizationsystem

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Reception

Agreatefforthasbeenmadetoreduceunwantednoisetogeta cleanandstableechopresentation.Toachievethisgoalthesonar receiverhasthefollowinglteringpossibilities:

•FMCorrelationlter

•Frequencyselection(Option)

•AGC(AutomaticGainControl)

•RCG(ReverberationControlledGain)

•PPFilter

•TVG(TimeV ariableGain)

FMCorrelationlter

Inadditiontothetraditionalsinglefrequencytransmitting method,theSimradSX90Fishndingsonarisequippedwith anFMcorrelationmode.

InFMmodeeachtransmissionpulsecontainsuptoeight differentfrequencies,andthereceivermakesaspectrumanalysis andcomparesthereceivedechoeswiththetransmittedfrequency code.Thisprovidesalteringeffect,whichefcientlyreduces interference,noiseandreverberation.Inadditiontogiving acleanandstableechopresentation,thiswillnormallyalso increasesthesonar’sdetectionrange.

Frequencyselection

Theoptionaltriple-andmultiplefrequencyselectionscanbe usedforsuppressionofinterferencefromothersonars.

However,thesoundabsorptioninsaltwaterincreaseswiththe frequency,thusgivingthelowerfrequenciesalongerdetection range.

AGC(AutomaticGainControl)

Thiscontrolwillautomaticallyadjustthegaininthepreampliers dependingonthestrengthoftheincomingechosignals.The strengthoftheltercanbeselectedinthemenu.

NotethattheAGCsensestheechostrengthinvexed directions,andusethisasabasisforadjustingallthereceiver beams.

RCG(ReverberationControlledGain)

TheRCGltersensesthenoiselevel(reverberation,propeller noise,etc.),andadjuststhegainindividuallyforeachofthe64 receiverbeamsinordertoeliminatenoiseonthedisplay.The strengthoftheltercanbeselectedinthemenu.Withmaximum strenghtisselected,theRCGwilleffectivelyreducethebottomin shallowwater,whilevariationsonthebottomwillbedisplayed.

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Notethatscatteredshcanbeperceivedasreverberation.The RCGltermustthereforebeusedwithcareifscatteredschools aretobedetected.

Ping-to-pinglter

TheeSimradSX90Fishndingsonarisequippedwitha ping-to-pinglter(PPFilter)toprovideacleanandsteady presentationbyreducingtheinterferenceandnoise.Thislter comparestheechoesfromaselectedamountoftransmissions (pings),andanechohastobepresentintheselectedamountof pingsinordertobepresentedonthedisplay .

Notethatinroughseas,whenthebeameasilycanmissthetarget inseveralpings,thePPFiltermustbeusedwithcare.

TVG(TimeVariableGain)

TheTVGfunctioncontrolsthegainofthereceiversothat aschoolwithagivensizeanddensityispresentedwith approximatelythesamestrengthonthedisplay,insidethe regulatedTVGrange.Thiscanalsobeseenasalter,becauseit reducesthenoiseclosetothevessel.

TheregulatedstrengthoftheTVGcanbeselectedinthemenu.

Transmission

Thetransmittingiscontrolledbythesignalprocessorinthe TransceiverUnit.Theparametersyouhavechosenareused.

Thereare256separatetransmittersintheunitdistributedon eighttransceivercircuitboards.Eachtransmitterisindividually addressedandcontrolledfromthesignalprocessor.The controlledparametersincludepoweroutputandtimedelayfor eachtransducerelementinordertoformabeamwiththeselected tiltangle.

Whenthestabilisingsystemisactive,thetiltangleforeachbeam willautomaticallybecorrectedrelativetothevessel’spitchand rollmovements.

Optionalfunctionality

ThestandardSimradSX90Fishndingsonarisamultiple frequencysonarwithmaximum4500metersrange,andwith beamstabilising.

Theoptionsdescribedbelowarepreprogrammedintothe standardsoftwareversion,andacodewordisrequiredtomake theactualoptionavailable.Simradoffersa1monthfreetest periodforcertainoptions.TheScienticOutputfunctionisnot

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availableforsuchatestperiod.Forapermanentinstallationof achosenoption,anewcodewordwillbereleasedfromSimrad whentheoptionisordered.

Scienticoutput

TheScienticOutputisdesignedforresearchpurposes.When activated,thefollowingdataareavailableonanEthernet(LAN) output:

•Beamdata

•Targetdata

•Ownshipdata

•Geardata

Thescienticoutputoptionmayalsoincludesoftwarefora ScienticDataLogger.Notethatthisoptionisnotavailablefor afreetestperiod.

Extendedrange

TheSimradSX90isprovidedwithamaximumrangeof4500 meters.Thisisarangelimitdenedbynationalregulations.The sonarcanbeprovidedwithanextendedrangeofupto8000 meters.Inordertoinstalltheextendedrangeoption,clientsin certaincountriesmustprovideSimradwithapplicableenduser certication,asthisallowsustoapplyforanexportlicence.

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SimradSX90Fishndingsonar

Peripheralequipment

TheSimradSX90Fishndingsonarrequiresconnectiontoa speedlogandacoursegyro.Aninaccuratelogorgyroinputwill causeinaccurateindicationofthevesselandtargetmovements.

Inadditiontologandgyro,thefollowingperipheralequipment canbeconnectedtothesonar:

•A(D)GPSmaybeconnectedtotheSP70sonartoestablish thevesselspositionandprovidecursorandmarkerlatitude andlongitude.

•Simradechosounders(EQ,ESandEKSeries)providesa bottomplotonthecatchdatapage.

•SimradPI32,PI44andPI54CatchMonitoringsystems providethenetdepthindigitsandbarsonthecatchdata presentation.

•Simradtrawlinstrumentation;FS900,FS3300,FS70orITI

–FS70,FS900andFS3300:Thetrawlwillbedisplayedin

correctdepth.

–ITI:Thetrawlwillbedisplayedincorrectsize,depth,

distanceandbearing.

•Acurrentmetersystemwillindicatethecurrentspeedand directionforuptothreedifferentdepthsinthesonarpicture.

•Aradiobuoysystem(GPStype)willprovidethegeographical positionofthebuoy(s)inthesonarpicture.

Forconnectionofanyofthisperipheralequipment,contactyour localdealer.

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SimradSX90

POWER

Down

GETTINGSTARTED

Poweron/offprocedures

Pleasendthebasicinformationrequiredtogetyoustartedup.

Topics

•Poweron/offproceduresonpage22

•Howtoperformbasicoperationsonpage24

•Visualaidsonpage29

•Cosmeticsonpage30

•On-linehelponpage32

Theseproceduresexplainhowtoswitchthesonarsystemon andoff.

Howtoswitchonthesonar

1PressthePowerbuttononthecolourdisplaymonitor.

2PressthePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel,andkeepit

depressedforapproximatelytwoseconds.

•Thegreenlampontherightsideofthebuttonwillash toindicatedthatthepowerhasbeenswitchedon,andthat thecomputerisstartingup.

•AfterafewsecondstheProcessorUnitstartsup.Once upandrunning,itautomaticallystartstheBeamformer Unit.Y oucanobservetheprogressontheTRUOn/Off dialogboxesthatappear.

•Afterashortperiod(approximately2minutes)youwill seethesonarpictureonthedisplay.

3Checkthatthewaterdepthbeneaththekeelissufcientto

lowerthetransducer.

4PresstheDownbuttononthecontrolpaneltolowerthe

transducer.

•Thegreenlampnexttothebuttonwillash,andan audiblesignalindicatesthatthetransducermoves downwards.

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•Whenthebottompositionhasbeenreached,thelamp

POWER

willbelitcontinuously ,theaudiblesignalstops,and thetopbuttonintheStatusparameterdialogshows

Transducer:Down.

•Bydefaultthetransmitpowerisdisabledwhenthe sonarispoweredup.Thisisforsafetyreasons.Onthe

Horizontalmenu,youwillseethattheTXpowerbutton

ashestoremindyouofthis.

5ClicktheTXpowertoselectFull.

6Pleasenote:

•IfthesonarsystemhasbeendisconnectedfromAC power,theProcessorandBeamformerUnitsmustbe startedmanually .Removetheprotectivepanelsonthe frontpanels(abovethefans),andusetheon/offswitch.

•Thesonarwillstartupevenifcircuitboardsinthe TransceiverUnitismalfunctioning.Thesonarwillthen needmoretimetoperformthestart-upprocedure,and ashortmessagewillbeprovidedabovetheprogress bar:Systemreadyforping,butwithreducednumberof TRX32.Afterthesonarhasstartedup,theTRUOn/Off dialogcanbeopenedbyclickingtheTRUOn/Offbutton ontheT estmenu.ClicktheAdvancedbuttontoobtain moreinformation.

Gettingstarted

Howtoswitchoffthesonar

1PresstheUpbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

•Thegreenlampnexttothebuttonwillash,andan audiblesignalindicatesthatthetransducerishoisted.

•Whentheupperpositionhasbeenreached,thelampwill illuminatecontinuously,theaudiblesignalstops,andthe upperbuttonintheStatusmenushowsTransducer:UP.

2PressthePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel,andkeepit

depressedforapproximatelytwoseconds.

•Thesonarisswitchedoff.Notethatyoumustn o t usethe on/offswitchontheProcessorandBeamformerUnits, onlythisPowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

3Switchoffthedisplaymonitor.

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(CD015008A)

Howtoperformbasicoperations

4Pleasenote:

•Ifthesonarisswitchedoffuncontrolledwiththe transducerinitsloweredposition,thetransducermustbe raisedmanuallybymeansofthehoist/lowerswitchinthe MotorControlUnit,orwiththehandcrankprovided.

Observethisbriefproceduretofamiliarizeyourselfwiththe basicoperationswithechopresentationsandmenuoperations.

Echopresentationandmenu

1Oncethesonarsystemisupandrunning,observethelayout

ofthedisplaypresentation:

•Onther

•Onthel

i g h t side,observethemenusystem(A).

e f t side,observethesonarechopresentation(B).

2OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubutton(located

abovethelargetrackball).

3Onthedisplay,observethatthemenudisappears.

4OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubuttononemore

time,andobservethatthemenureappears.

Figure6Basicmenu(A)andechopresentation(B)

Whenthemenuisremovedtheechopresentationisextendedto covertheentiredisplay.

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Gettingstarted

(CD015008C)

Temporarymenu

1OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubuttontoremove

themenu.

2Onthedisplay,observethatthemenudisappears.

3Usethetrackball,andmovethecursorovertotheleftside

ofthedisplay.

4Observethatthemenureappearsonthelefthandside,and

thattheremainingechopresentationareaisn

5Movethecursortowardstherightsideofthedisplayagain,

andobservethatthetemporarymenudisappears.

6OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubuttononemore

time,andobservethatthemenureappearsontherighthand side.

Figure7T emporarymenu(A)appearance

o t re-scaled.

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(CD015009A)

Themenustructure

Themenuontherighthandsideofthesonardisplaycontains severaldifferentbuttons,tabsandparameterdialogs.

Thefollowingelementsareinuseonthemenu:

ASonartype:Thiseldsimplystatesthe

nameofthesonar.

BMode:Clickheretochangedisplaymode.

Ifyouclickonthemiddleofthebutton youwillopenadedicatedmenuformode selection.Ifyouclickontherightorleft sideofthebuttonyoucanscrollthrough theavailablemodes.

CTab:Clickonatabtobringforwardthe

menu.Inthisexample,whenyouclickon theDisplaytab,youwillopentheDisplay menu.

DMenu:Thisisthebodyofthemenu.Each

menuholdsoneormorebuttons.

EButton:Clickonabuttontochangethe

applicableparameter.Ifyouclickonthe middleofthebuttonyouwillnormally openadedicatedparameterdialogfor parameterselection.Ifyouclickonthe rightorleftsideofthebuttonyoucan scrollthroughtheavailablechoices.

FParameterdialog:Whenyouclickabutton,

therelevantparameterdialogopensat thebottomofthemenu.Eachparameter dialogholdsoneormorebuttonsormenus. Tocloseaparameterdialog,clickthe

Closebutton.MostdialogsprovideaHelp

buttonforaccesstotheon-linehelp.In thisexampleyoucanseetheStatusdialog, whichisreplacedwhenaparameterdialog isopened.

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Controlthecursor

CURSOR

SONAROPERA TINGPANEL

Select

View

Object

(CD015022L)

(C )D015010A

Menubuttons

Gettingstarted

Operatethetrackball(A)ontheOperating Panel.

Observethatthecursormovesonthesonar display,andthatitchangesitsformdepending onitslocation.

ObservethelocationoftheSelectbutton(B). Pressthisbuttontomakeaselection.

TheViewandObjectbuttonsabovethetrackball areusedtoopenspecicmenus.

(A)Clickheretodecrease theparametervalue

(B)Clickheretoincrease theparametervalue

(C)Clickheretoopenthe parameterdialog.

Eachmenucontainsseveralbuttons.Eachbuttonshowsboththe functionandthecurrentparameter.Themajorityofthebuttons ineachmenueldhavethreefunctions:

•Youcanselectalowerparametervalue.

•Youcanselectahigherparametervalue.

•Youcanopentheapplicableparameterdialog. UsethetrackballontheOperatingPanel,andpositionthe

cursoroverthel

e f t sideofthebutton(A).Observethat theshapeofthecursorchangestoa“minus”sign.This meansthatthevalueoftheparameterwilldecreasewhen youpresstheSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

Positionthecursoroverther

i g h t sideofthebutton(B). Observethattheshapeofthecursorchangestoa“plus” sign.Thismeansthatthevalueoftheparameterwill increasewhenyoupresstheSelectbutton.

Positionthecursoronthecentreofthemenubutton(C). Observethattheshapeofthecursorchangestoa“menu” symbol.Thismeansthattheapplicableparameterdialog willopenwhenyoupresstheSelectbutton.Thedialog appearsinthelowerpartofthemenueld.

Changingaparametervalue

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Observethisgenericproceduretochangeaparametervalue. Onceyouhavegainedmoreexperience,andhavebecomemore familiarwiththeavailableoptions,youwillselecttheparameters directlyfromthebuttons.

SimradSX90

(C )D015010B

Figure8Changingaparametervalue

1Movethecursortothemiddleofthemenubutton(A).

Observethatthecursorchangesitsshapetoamenusymbol.

2PresstheSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

3Observethatthecorrespondingparameterdialog(B)opens

atthebottomofthemenu.

4Movethecursordowntothedialog,positionthecursor

overtherequestedparametervalue(C),andpresstheSelect buttonagain.

5Observethatthechangeyouhaverequestedtakesimmediate

effectonthesonar.

•Thismakesiteasytotesttheeffectofeachparameter setting.Notehoweverthattransceiverrelatedparameters willrstbeoperationalinthenextping.

6MovethecursordowntotheClosebutton(D),andpress

theSelectbuttonagain.

7Observethattheparameterdialogcloses.

Note

Inthismanual,thephrase“Clickthebutton”meansthatyou shallpositionthecursoroverthemenubutton,andthenpress theSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

Certainparametersettingsareidentiedwithanasterisk(*).This symbolindicatesthedefaultsettingknowntoperformwellunder normalconditions.Ifyouget“lost“intheparametersettings,the

Defaultsettingsfunctionwillbringupthesenormalparameters.

TheDefaultsettingfunctionisavailableontheSetupmenu,anda dedicatedparameterdialogisused.

IntheSimradSX90sonar,allparametersarestored.This functionwillcausethesonartorememberalltheselected parametersettings,evenwhenthesonarisswitchedoff.

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